Smith, M. (2015) Scepticism by a thousand cuts. International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 6(1), pp. 44-52. (doi: 10.1163/22105700-05011177)
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Abstract
Global sceptical arguments seek to undermine vast swathes of our putative knowledge by deploying hypotheses that posit massive deception or error. Local sceptical arguments seek to undermine just a small region of putative knowledge, using hypotheses that posit deception or error of a more mundane kind. Those epistemologists who have devised anti-sceptical strategies have tended to have global sceptical arguments firmly in their sights. I argue here that local sceptical arguments, while less dramatic, ultimately pose just as serious a challenge to our epistemic self-image and that some prominent anti-sceptical strategies are very poorly placed to meet it.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Smith, Dr Martin |
Authors: | Smith, M. |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
Journal Name: | International Journal for the Study of Skepticism |
Publisher: | Brill |
ISSN: | 2210-5697 |
ISSN (Online): | 2210-5700 |
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